SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — July 16 and 17 in 2016 were two eventful days for Chase d’Arnaud.

The first night he wrapped up a game, promptly showered and then high-tailed it to a stage at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves, his team at the time. He was there for a postgame concert with his band, fittingly named the “Chase d’Arnaud Band.”

On the 17th, d’Arnaud found himself in the middle of a mob of teammates after his walk-off single sent the Braves home a winner.

For the six-year veteran and Giants newcomer, not only were these moments filled with exuberance, but they also allowed him to show his teammates he could strike the perfect balance between his two passions: baseball and music.

The Giants are d’Arnaud’s sixth MLB organization, but it isn’t just baseball that has taken the utility infielder all over the country. Music has allowed him to travel from Marina Del Rey, Ca. to Manchester, Tenn., home of Bonnaroo, one of the more famous music festivals in the world.

D’Arnaud has always had a love for music, possibly dating back to when his mother would sing to him when he was still in the womb. He started playing the violin in third grade and quickly realized he was talented musically after he was named the concertmaster, which is considered the second most important person in the orchestra, in school.

“I took a lot of pride in the violin,” d’Arnaud said. “As masculine as some people may think it is, it’s very difficult to play because it’s a very tiny instrument, so precision is very important.”

However, as high school began orchestra practices occurred after school, so the violin was taken out of the picture by his first love, baseball. While d’Arnaud has always been drawn to both, it’s baseball that has and still does come first. In order to maintain his music fill, he joined a band, where he played bass guitar until the group was forced to break up after its members went off to different colleges.

“Once I started playing in a band and we started doing shows, that brought it to a whole new level,” d’Arnaud said. “It was so time consuming. I learned a lot about what it takes to succeed in the music industry.”

Now that he is in the professional ranks, d’Arnaud is once again in a band — he’s the lead singer of the aforementioned “Chase d’Arnaud Band,” which formed in 2016 after he met his producer in a coffee shop in Marina Del Rey. In order to stay together during the baseball season, d’Arnaud lived with his band in Atlanta in 2016 while he played with the Braves. The band even produced an album in Florida during spring training.

“Because we all lived together we were able to get so much done,” d’Arnaud said. “If we were in separate quadrants of the country, there is no way it would have been possible. Us living together is what made it so special.”

He lists the band’s experience at Bonnaroo, a bucket list item for most musicians, as one of the highlights. The whole adventure came together and took place during the baseball season.

The original connection came when a Braves employee who had a friend who worked at Bonnaroo passed along the name of d’Arnaud’s band. The friend, who was a little skeptical at first because of d’Arnaud’s status as a ballplayer, thought that the band’s tracks had a unique sound to them. Eventually the band received an invitation to play at the festival.

“It just so happened that we had an off day on one of the days that Bonnaroo was performing, so I played in San Diego, my team, I got (home to Atlanta) at 1 a.m. and somebody picked me up in a van, drove me to Manchester (Tenn.), where Bonnaroo was, and then we slept right away,” d’Arnaud said. “Woke up the next morning, rehearsed as much as we could before the performance, then we performed. I had to come home that night. I got to hang for a little bit, but I had a game the next day. But the rest of the band got to stay and hang out.”

D’Arnaud also opened for Grammy-winning country band Lady Antebellum after Kicks 101.5 radio station in Atlanta reached out to the band and asked if they wanted to do it on-air.

The country crowd is part of the audience d’Arnaud’s band appeals to. He describes his band as an Americana group that can also open for rock bands and compares the sound to a toned-down Alt-J, an English indie rock band.

“Some people liked the country edge, some the rock, some the country-rock vibe,” d’Arnaud said. “It’s cool to see the people that have come out and told me they are fans.”

Through the various clubhouses he has been in, d’Arnaud said he has received some mixed reactions from teammates about his music. Some thought it was cool, some were puzzled, and others didn’t completely know what it was all about.

“(Former catcher) A.J. Pierzynski gave me a tough time about it; he gives everybody a tough time at first," d’Arnaud said with a smile. “At the end of the day he’s a softie.”

D’Arnaud’s brother, Travis, who is the New York Mets’ starting catcher, hasn’t been as involved in music, although he did play the viola growing up and still plays the piano. He did use one of his brother’s songs as walk-up song, however.

Being new to the Giants clubhouse, he has yet to share his music with his teammates, but is looking forward to the connections he can make through it going forward.

Having sang and played instruments for most of his 29 years, d’Arnaud has built a hefty list of influences, from The Rolling Stones to Alt-J. When his band was making its album they listened to songs by The Stones over and over again for inspiration. However, he maintains there is nothing more soothing than a guy singing with an acoustic guitar, which is where his Jack Johnson fandom comes from.

Among the plethora of songs he has written, one of his favorites is still his first, “Follow Me Home.” The song “Honeymoon Baby” has also taken a place among his personal preferences.

“It’s about a child that’s born in a family and the parents pass away because of a fire,” d’Arnaud said. “The song sounds so ethereal, heavenly, you wouldn’t really think that is what it’s about.”

Although the passion is still there, as he enters what he hopes will be his first season spent completely in the major leagues, d’Arnaud has strayed away from music and turned all of his energy to baseball.

“I feel like baseball is such an incredible opportunity,” he said. “I have shifted all my energy from anything I was putting into music before … back into baseball. I feel like I am more passionate about baseball now than I am music. It’s a good thing because it’s a great opportunity.”

D’Arnaud’s quest to break camp with the Giants comes after he hit .175 in 57 at-bats with three organizations in 2017. His best season came in 2016, when he played in 84 games for the Braves and had a career-high .652 OPS.

With a new baby in tow, d’Arnaud now has another focus that takes precedence over music, although once his career comes to a close, he won’t rule continuing to hone his musical craft.

“If I am done playing (baseball) and music is an option, maybe I’ll do it, but it’s a big commitment because, from a traveling aspect, it’s very similar,” he said. “You are constantly on the road, depending on what genre you are.”